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TRIBUNE News-Talk WGN-A/CHICAGO has added Station Manager stripes for VP of Content & Programming TODD MANLEY and has added WGN radio to the oversight of independent WGN-TV and cable &hellip; more

From Radio Insight:
From RadioInsight
In a universe far away from where traditional AM/FM radio broadcasters live a massive radio station launch took place this week that is getting more national media attention than nearly every commercial radio launch this year combined. Musician Frank Ocean launched “a radio station” in the most recent update to the video game Grand Theft Auto 5. Ocean’s “Blonded Los Santos 97.8 FM” is the nineteenth station in the game and features 28 songs stretching from Ocean himself, Jay-Z, Mervin Gaye, Migos, and Todd Rundgren. Like every station in the game, which are available as players are driving around on missions, the station features personalities (in this case Vegyn, Roof Access, and Federico Aliprandi who hosted Ocean’s Blonded Radio on Apple’s Beats 1 earlier this year), imaging that both pays tribute and mocks various radio stations and formats, and sharply produced commercials that in many cases could pass off as real. Other stations in the game include DJ’s ranging from syndicated personality Big Boy and Don Cheto, to musicians like Kenny Loggins and Bootsy Collins, and actors Cara Delevingne and Pam Grier. Brief clips of each station can be heard here. As of May 2017 the game had sold over 80 million copies worldwide since its launch in 2013. To compare that to other broadcasters, SiriusXM currently has 32 million subscribers and Spotify has 140 million active users. As more and more listeners are spread beyond the confines of AM/FM and the definition of what could be considered radio grows, this shows the opportunity that exists for broadcasters to create or partner on unique platforms to reach potential listeners that go beyond just the usual broadcast or on-demand podcast.
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From Radio Online:
Cumulus Media/Chicago announces a new programming line-up for News/Talk WLS-AM featuring live broadcasts of "The Chris Plante Show" and "The Rush Limbaugh Show." Beginning January 1, Westwood One-syndicated Plante (pictured) will broadcast live on WLS weekdays from 9-11am, with Limbaugh returning to a live feed from &hellip; more

From All Access:
The LOS ANGELES TIMES is reporting that five more women have accused music mogul and entrepreneur RUSSELL SIMMONS of sexual misconduct, including one alleging that she was raped by &hellip; more

From Radio Online:
Jibo Inc. launches Jibo Music, in conjunction with iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia's free all-in-one digital music, podcasting and live streaming radio service. Jibo Music will be available Monday, December 18 on all Jibo robots through a free, over-the-air software update and will showcase iHeartRadio original stations &hellip; more

From Radio Insight:
From RadioInsight
Tribune Broadcasting News/Talk 720 WGN Chicago has promoted Todd Manley from Vice President of Content &#038; Marketing to Station Manager. Manley will now oversee “the long-term strategy and day-to-day management of WGN Radio on all platforms”. He will report to Paul Rennie, who as President/General Manager of WGN-TV and CLTV will add WGN Radio to his duties. Rennie will report to Tribune Broadcasting President Larry Wert. Manley rejoined WGN in 2013 in his previous VP/Content &#038; Marketing role. He previously served as Creative Director from 1998 through 2008 when he joined Talk 550 KTRS St. Louis as Program Director. He has also served as Creative Services Director for Century Broadcasting’s 100.3 WPNT from 1992-1996, Production &#038; Imaging Director of CBS Radio’s 105.9 WCKG from 1996-1998, and Director of Creative Content for CBS Radio AAA 93.1 WXRT Chicago from 2011-2013. Larry Wert, President of Tribune Broadcasting, today announced several management changes at WGN Radio. Todd Manley, WGN Radio’s, Vice President of Content &#038; Programming, will now add Station Manager to his title. In his expanded role, Manley will oversee the long-term strategy and day-to-day management of WGN Radio on all platforms. Manley will report to Paul Rennie, President/General Manager of Chicago’s WGN-TV and CLTV, who will now add WGN Radio to his oversight. Rennie will continue to report to Larry Wert. For over 90 years, WGN Radio has been the voice of Chicago. All content is live 24/7, offering 48 newscasts, 82 weather reports, 85 traffic updates and round-the-clock original programming daily. In 2013, Manley was named Vice President of Content for WGN Radio to oversee the radio station’s multi-media journalists, talk programming personalities, sports play-by-play, and the on-demand audio platform WGNplus. Under Manley’s leadership, WGN Radio has been named Station of the Year by the Illinois Broadcasters Association for the last four straight years (for a total of ten consecutive years.) Under Manley, WGN Radio has sustained 24/7 live and local programming, launched 11 hours of weekly content dedicated to business and innovation, increased its streaming audience 62%, and launched the in-house content agency DATS (Digital And Then Some). “This is the opportunity of a lifetime and I look forward to working with Paul Rennie to innovate and grow Chicago’s Very Own, WGN Radio everywhere,” said Manley. WGN continues to innovate with 1.8 million connections to the station’s stream each month and nearly 9 million podcast downloads via mobile audio platforms. This year, the station expanded its on-demand distribution to Amazon Echo users via WGN Radio Flash Briefings. Said Rennie, “Chicago’s Very Own WGN Radio is truly an iconic station, I’m thrilled to be working with Todd and the talented team at WGN Radio.” “Both Paul and Todd have worked well together, and this structure will further the synergy and streamline the productivity of our Chicago brands,” said Wert.
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From All Access:
ENTERCOM Top 40/Rhythmic KDGS (POWER 93.5)/WICHITA has signed up for ENVISION NETWORKS&#39; "CLAIRISSA JENKINS&#39; PHONE CHECKS" feature. &ldquo;Phone checks with Clarissa Jenkins &hellip; more

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iHEARTMEDIA Alternative WDTW (ALT 106.7)/DETROIT and Alternative WOLT (ALT 103.3)/INDIANAPOPLS are the latest stations to add THE WOODY SHOW for mornings, syndicated from sister Alternative &hellip; more

From All Access:
Country radio specialists ALBRIGHT & O&#39;MALLEY & BRENNER (A&O&B) have locked in MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5th for their 24th annual Pre-CRS (COUNTRY RADIO SEMINAR) seminar, which &hellip; more

From All Access:
CUMULUS Country KHKI (NASH FM 97.3) and Country KJJY (92.5 NASH ICON)/DES MOINES has set FRIDAY, JUNE 22nd and SATURDAY, JUNE 23rd, 2018 for its "BIG COUNTRY BASH 2018" festival, &hellip; more

From Radio Insight:
From RadioInsight
ESPN’s “ESPN LA 710” KSPN Los Angeles is adding college basketball analyst Sean Farnham to its afternoon show starting Thursday, January 4. Farnham will join existing co-hosts Marcellus Wiley and Eric Davis for what will be rebranded as “Afternoons with Marcellus, Farnham and E.D.” from 3-7pm. That is if Davis remains with the company as he is currently under suspension while being investigated for sexual harassment claims while working at NFL Network. The former UCLA basketball star will continue to serve as a college basketball analyst for ESPN’s networks in addition to his new duties at KSPN. ESPN college basketball analyst Sean Farnham is expanding his role to include co-hosting with Marcellus Wiley and Eric Davis starting Thursday, Jan. 4, on ESPNLA 710. The newly renamed Afternoons with Marcellus, Farnham and E.D. will air weekdays from 3 – 7 p.m. PT. “I am so excited to join Marcellus and E.D. on ESPNLA710,” said Farnham. “Radio to me has always been about connecting and driving the passion of the sports fans on the topics that matter most to us in our city. I started in radio with ESPNLA710 in 2004 and 13 years later it feels great to return home.” “We could not be more excited to welcome Sean to the team,” said Scott McCarthy, vice president and general manager of ESPNLA. “He obviously has deep roots here in LA, including as a player on terrific UCLA squads and as a coach at Pepperdine. He also has a great passion for sports and a very strong track record as an entertaining and informative radio talent.” In addition to his Afternoons with Marcellus, Farnham and E.D role, Farnham will continue as college basketball analyst calling games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and SEC Network for various conferences, including SEC, Pac-12 and West Coast Conference. Farnham Bio Farnham was a student-athlete at UCLA where he was a freshman on the 1997 Pac-10 Championship team that advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight. He was named UCLA’s Freshman of the Year that year, Most Improved Player in 1999 and was the 1999-2000 co-captain with Earl Watson. Farnham was also the Chairman of the Bruins Athletic Council, and represented UCLA at the Pac-10 leadership forum both of his final two years on campus. After graduating from UCLA, Farnham was an assistant coach at Pepperdine University under the guidance of Jan van Breda Kolff. The Waves finished with a 22-9 record and advanced to the NIT second round. Starting in the fall of 2001 Farnham worked at Fox Sports Net/West covering everything from the Pac-10, Big West and WCC basketball, as well as NBA, MLB and college football. During his 10-year run at Fox Sports Net, he won two Los Angeles-based Emmys.
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From the FCC:
Statement of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on Appointment of Radha Sekar as Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Service Administrative Co.
https://apps.fcc.gov:443/edocs_public/index.do?document=348237

From the FCC:
Rosenworcel on Widespread Identity Theft in FCC Record
STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER JESSICA ROSENWORCEL ON IDENTITY THEFT AFFECTING TWO MILLION AMERICANS IN FCC RECORD
https://apps.fcc.gov:443/edocs_public/index.do?document=348238

From All Access:
iHEARTMEDIA Alternative WDTW (ALT 106.7)/DETROIT is the latest station to add THE WOODY SHOW for mornings, syndicated from sister Alternative KYSR (ALT 98.7)/LOS ANGELES. &ldquo;I was &hellip; more

From Radio Insight:
From RadioInsight
iHeartMedia’s Premiere Networks continues to roll-out the syndicated Woody Show to Alternative stations within the company. After announcing the addition of affiliates in Bakersfield and Des Moines last week, Premiere has now announced the additions of “Alt 106.7” WDTW-FM Detroit and “Alt 107.3” KTHR Wichita. KTHR debuted the program this past Monday, December 8 while WDTW-FM will begin carrying the program on Wednesday, January 3, 2018. iHeartMedia’s ALT 106.7, Detroit’s New Alternative, announced today the debut of The Woody Show, effective January 3, 2018. The top-rated morning show will broadcast Monday through Friday, 6 – 10 a.m. ET. The Woody Show*is highly-interactive, socially-engaging appointment radio. *Featuring Woody, along with*co-hosts*Ravey, Greg Gory, Menace and Sebas,*The Woody Show*is described by listeners as*“authentic,” “raw,”*“unapologetic” and*“recess/happy hour on the radio.”*In 2016,*the popular program was a NAB Marconi Radio Award finalist for “Major Market Personality of the Year,” and it was launched into national syndication by Premiere Networks in 2017. Fans can follow the show on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. “I was convinced that I must have been pocket-dialed, because there was NO WAY that we would be asked to do mornings on the new ALT 106.7,” said Woody. “But I wasn’t. Clearly, it was a drunk dial. Endless thanks to Casey Krukowski, Gene Romano, Tony Travatto and Lisa Worden for being #ALLIN on The Woody Show!” “We’re really excited to bring The Woody Show to Detroit,” said Tony Travatto, Regional Senior Vice President of Programming, iHeartMedia Detroit. “The show is real and funny and we think it’s a perfect fit for ALT 106.7. To add Woody to an all-star lineup of talent in Detroit, like Mojo In The Morning, Jay Towers In The Morning, The Steve Harvey Morning Show and The Breakfast Club, is really going to be special for our clients and listeners.”
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From All Access:
STARSTRUCK ENTERTAINMENT has tapped COOPER ANSTETT as Mgr./Digital Strategy. A recent graduate of MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF INFORMATION, ANSTETT moved to NASHVILLE to start up DIGITAL NATIVES SOCIAL &hellip; more

From All Access:
KOBALT MUSIC and LITTLE LOUDER have entered a worldwide creative and publishing deal that covers future works and all back catalog work from the publishing company, formed in 2013 by ARTURO &hellip; more

From All Access:
MIKE FRANCESA&#39;s penultimate show for ENTERCOM Sports WFAN-A-F/NEW YORK will be aired live from in front of an audience at the PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA in MANHATTAN TOMORROW (12/14). &hellip; more

From All Access:
ALL ACCESS extends our deepest sympathies to BIG MACHINE LABEL GROUP (BMLG) Dir./A&R LAUREL KITTLESON, following the TUESDAY (12/12) passing of her grandmother, KATHRYN HOLIDAY. She was &hellip; more

From the FCC:
Domestic Section 214 Application Filed For The Transfer Of Control Of The Lackawaxen Companies To Laurel Highland Total Communications, Inc.
https://apps.fcc.gov:443/edocs_public/index.do?document=348235

From All Access:
Five more members of Congress have joined as cosponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act, the bill that opposes "any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge" on local &hellip; more

From All Access:
Former iHEARTMEDIA/PHOENIX Dir. of Project Management and TOWNSQUARE MEDIA/BOISE, EMMIS/PHOENIX, and XHTZ (Z90)/SAN DIEGO Promotions Director MONCHAI PUNGAEW has joined LOTUS COMMUNICATIONS &hellip; more

From Radio Insight:
From RadioInsight
Cumulus Media News/Talk 890 WLS Chicago is revamping its lineup for 2018. Exiting the station are 10am-12pm hosts Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano. The married couple joined WLS one year ago after previously hosting together at WFLD-TV, 105.9 WCKG, and 720 WGN. Sirott was previously a DJ during the station’s Top 40 heyday from 1973-1980. They will be replaced by Cumulus’ syndicated Chris Plante. Plante, based at 630/105.9 WMAL Washington DC will air live from 9am-11am. Along with the addition of Plante, Big John Howell and Ramblin’ Ray Stevens’ morning show will move from 6-10am to 5:30-9am, Rush Limbaugh’s show will move back to a live clearance from 11am-2pm instead of being delayed one hour, and Steve Dahl will move up from 3-7pm to 2-6pm. Cumulus Media-Chicago announces an enhanced new programming line-up for Chicago News/Talk radio station WLS-AM 890 featuring live broadcasts of The Chris Plante Show and The Rush Limbaugh Show. Beginning January 1, 2018, The Chris Plante Show, nationally syndicated by Westwood One, will broadcast live on WLS-AM 890 weekdays from 9am-11am, with The Rush Limbaugh Show returning to a live feed from 11am-2pm weekdays on WLS-AM 890. Peter Bolger, Operations Manager/Program Director, WLS-AM 890, said: “Listeners made it very clear they wanted to hear Rush Limbaugh live. People want to call in to the show. And in this busy news cycle, it’s important he talk about what’s happening in real time.” * Marv Nyren, Vice President/Market Manager, Cumulus Media-Chicago, said: “With the addition of Chris Plante, I’m pleased that we have great continuity between the end of Big John and Ramblin’ Ray’s show at 9, and the start of Rush at 11. It just makes good sense.” * After 17 years at CNN assigned to the Pentagon and covering U.S. military and intelligence communications, Chicago native Chris Plante joined Washington, D.C. News/Talk radio station, WMAL. In 2016, his program was nationally syndicated through Westwood One. Plante brings a unique world-view to radio, and largely conservative/libertarian values to his role as talk show host. Although he hastens to add he marches in lock step with no politician, Chris says his political party is “Practi-crat”, “…because of my distinctly practical political leanings.” * Plante*said: “I look forward to being the Washington embed, giving a first-hand description of what’s happening in Washington and what it can mean to my hometown of Chicago, where I grew up listening to WLS!” * Added Bolger: “This line-up, with local icons Big John and Ray as well as Steve Dahl, and strong hosts with a national perspective, is a spot on response to what our listeners said they wanted and expected from WLS-AM 890.”*
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From Radio Online:
Country radio consultants Mike O'Malley and Becky Brenner have announced that their 24th annual pre-CRS seminar will take place on Monday, February 5 at the Music City Center in downtown Nashville. The AOB team will present the first highlights from their 13th annual online perceptual study, "Roadmap 2018," including &hellip; more

From All Access:
CUMULUS News-Talk WLS-A/CHICAGO is revamping its lineup starting JANUARY 1st, and it means BOB SIROTT and MARIANNE MURCIANO are out from middays 10a-noon (CT). The station is adding &hellip; more